The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:

And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: